The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-06-14
LIFE IN A STUDIO.
Fashions Victim in the Person of q
Photographer.
Two Heads on One Plste-A Pair Who
Were .Up to the Fsshion'-A Bon
ney Bride Depicts Her Court
ship.

Beautiful picture. isn't it?' said a
South side photographer as he proudly
exhibited the portrait of a fine-looking
couple standing together in an attitude
which displayed two striking profiles
TO the best advantage. That's what
We call the double profile. and it all
the rage just now, especially for huS-
bands and wives. Mr.. and Mrs. George
VI. Pullman set the fashion. They
were photographed like that a short
time ago, and since then ever SO many
couples have been taken in the same
way. No. it isn't always so successful
as this. Not every one can afford to
call attention to his profile. You see.
there are really very few people who
possess even respectable noses. But,
bless your soul. that doesn't make any
difference. Profile photographs are
the fashion, and so they must be had,
even by snub-nosed folk.
"All sorts of couples come here to
be taken IL that position; you'd hardly
believe me if / were to describe them
20 YOU. Some have too much nose and
Some too little; some have a superiority
Of chin and others not enough: some
have bulgy heads, and lots are not the
right height. Oh, yes, height has
great deal TO do with it. You see. i'm
these pictures the figure Oh the inside.
which, of course, should be the man.
must be little taller. or at any rate
not the least BIT shorter. than the out
side figure. He mustn't be much
taller, because then her side-face is
outlined against his neck, which is
any thing but pretty: he may be the
same height. but if he is any shorter
of course it is fatal. You'd think any
one could see that at a glance, wouldn't
youa Yet the other day bride and
bridegroom came in here and were
much struck by that picture You have
in your hand. They decided, or at
least she did, that they must have a
double profile. Well the bride, who
was an angular and fiat young woman.
measured at least three inches more
than her husband. so / gently sug-
gested TO her that feared the effect of
being taken in that position would
hardly be good. as his blonde and
beautiful mustache would be hidden
behind her fichu, or whatever the fluffy
business was she had around her neck.
sWa'al,' she said, its kind of awk-
ward. l guess he'll hev to stand on
the outside And. if You'll believe it,
they actually were taken like that
None of my very strong hints had the
slightest effect. | can show YOU the
picture. l don't keep it out because
I'm not proud of it.
Yes. the double profile is quite pop
Mar with young ladies. but don't like
to take them that way because there's
always trouble about which sides of
their faces shall appear. One gem
orally wants her left side-face in the
picture, and the other is quite sure that
the right side of her head is the best
looking, and / have no end of bother
making things smooth and persuading
one of them that both sides of her face
are equally handsome. That, by the
way, is very seldom the case, though.
Nearly every one is better looking on
one side than on the other. and there's
always difference between the right
and left profiles. Sometimes the hair
grows more prettily on one side of the
forehead than on the other, sometimes
the mouth is slightly turned upward on
one side and not on the other. and to a
photographers eye the nose is never
quite the same on both sides. A woman
nearly always knows which of her pro-
lilies is the most attractive and takes
care to present the prettier one when
ever she can. Of course women use
hand-glasses so much for trying on bon
nets and arranging their coiffures. and
% on. that they become very familiar
with their own faces and know as
much about their weak points as they
do about their strong ones.
That's why, nine times out of ten,
It's easier to photograph woman than
o man. She knows just what she
wants. but he hasn't any idea and